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Benefits

40% of landlords say they would not rent out their property to people on benefits
Renting

40% of landlords say they would not rent out their property to people on benefits

Child benefit: Why your payment has been reduced ahead of the Queen's Jubilee
Welfare system

Child benefit: Why your payment has been reduced ahead of the Queen's Jubilee

'They wanted pet rent': Intense competition for a home leaves renters facing extraordinary demands
Renting

'They wanted pet rent': Intense competition for a home leaves renters facing extraordinary demands

Universal credit switchover risks pushing people into 'destitution', charities warn
universal credit debt advice
Welfare system

Universal credit switchover risks pushing people into 'destitution', charities warn

Universal credit switch will leave up to 900,000 benefit claimants worse off
A young person, seen from above, sits on the floor looking through a stack of bills in front of a laptop
Social Justice

Universal credit switch will leave up to 900,000 benefit claimants worse off

Digital exclusion is creating a ‘two-tier’ system for people claiming benefits
digital exclusion
Digital inclusion

Digital exclusion is creating a ‘two-tier’ system for people claiming benefits

Elderly people are 'riding buses all day to stay warm', experts warn ministers
inflation
cost of living crisis

Elderly people are 'riding buses all day to stay warm', experts warn ministers

Ministers’ logic ‘difficult to comprehend’ as benefits hit 35-year low
benefits
welfare system

Ministers’ logic ‘difficult to comprehend’ as benefits hit 35-year low

Benefit claimants suspected of ‘wrong-doing and deceit’ when trying to access government support, says study
universal credit
welfare system

Benefit claimants suspected of ‘wrong-doing and deceit’ when trying to access government support, says study

Campaigners head to Downing Street to demand 'unjust' benefit cap is scrapped in Budget
benefits
Spring Budget

Campaigners head to Downing Street to demand 'unjust' benefit cap is scrapped in Budget

Spring Budget: Four things the Chancellor could announce to tackle the cost of living crisis
Spring Budget

Spring Budget: Four things the Chancellor could announce to tackle the cost of living crisis

It's tough being young and broke. But help is out there
Money

It's tough being young and broke. But help is out there

The government is cutting support for struggling renters at the ‘worst possible time’
rent
Renting

The government is cutting support for struggling renters at the ‘worst possible time’

‘Heartbreaking’ reports from food bank users show mental health impact of poverty
food banks
Food banks

‘Heartbreaking’ reports from food bank users show mental health impact of poverty

Nine million families will be £500 worse off from April
universal credit
cost of living crisis

Nine million families will be £500 worse off from April

Half of people using food banks are stuck in debt to the government
food banks
welfare system

Half of people using food banks are stuck in debt to the government

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The DWP must start putting people before process
The government and DWP needs to treat people with disabilities with dignity and respect, according to campaigners.
Ella Abraham

The DWP must start putting people before process

DWP accused of ‘hiding evidence’ that disabled people can’t afford food
legacy benefits
welfare system

DWP accused of ‘hiding evidence’ that disabled people can’t afford food

Climate change, police violence, and benefits: The people taking the government to court
legacy benefits
Activism

Climate change, police violence, and benefits: The people taking the government to court

‘Just write millions of cheques’: Economists call for cash payments to ease cost of living crisis
cost of living
cost of living crisis

‘Just write millions of cheques’: Economists call for cash payments to ease cost of living crisis

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